Shoe.



C. MAETRlCH.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED pic. 3. m4.

Patented July 13, 1915.

citizen of the PATBT UTWIBE,

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MAETRIGH, a United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe adapted for walking and also for dancing. I

The invention comprises more particularly, a novel construction of the vamp by which the fit of the shoe is improved and a neat appearance assured.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe embodying my invention, showing the same closed; Fig. 21a perspective View, showing the shoe open; Fig. 3 a top View, with the vamp split to expose the pad; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section through part of the shoe, and Fig. 5 a cross section through the upper portion of the vamp.

The vamp 1 of the shoe has a lining 13, and is provided with a central front seam, which is necessary in satin and similar textile shoes of the style shown, 1n order to imin the county of Kings and Patented July 13, 1915..

part to it the proper contour. I propose to so construct the vamp, that this front seam 14 extends from the top thereof to a point back of the toe 15, so that the latter remains seamless. In other words the vamp is made of a single piece of material which is slitted but not severed, the slit being permanently closed by the seam. By this construction, the fitting of the vamp is facilitated, the toe is strengthened, and the appearance of the shoe is enhanced.

As shown in the drawing the shoe is adapted to be closed by means-of a ribbon 6, while a pad may be interposed between the top of the vamp and the shoe lining 11.

I claim:

A shoe having a vamp including an integral. toe portion, said amp being slitted from its top to said toe portion and permanently closed at said slit by a seam, the toe portion of said camp being seamless.

CHARLES MAETRICII.

Witnesses:

PHILLIP WALDHEIM, FRANK v. BRIESEN. 

